Nottingham Forest suffered a 1-0 defeat to Queens Park Rangers on Saturday afternoon, but Saidy Janko came away with a lot of credit from supporters for his performance at the City Ground. The 23-year-old kept his place at left-back for the second consecutive game and was singled out by fans on social media.
That said about Janko. Arguably our best player
— ScottE (@29Eley) December 22, 2018
Janko is superb man guy has to start all the time
— Karxnka (@Karxnka) December 22, 2018
Wouldn’t have played Janko left back just to get some balance but he was one of the better players
— ScottE (@29Eley) December 22, 2018
Janko did his best but we really should have played Hef and put Robinson back to LB. every time had to check back when trying to cross.
— Jack Smylie (@Inthetop1_nffc) December 22, 2018
Interesting that Karanka has kept Janko at left back rather than move Robinson back there. Hefele has been poor, though #nffc
— Terry Norman (@tjnnorman) December 22, 2018
Janko has only made seven Championship appearances this season since joining Forest on loan from FC Porto. The defender wasn’t in Forest’s starting eleven two weeks ago but has since come in at left-back to due to an injury crisis and hasn’t let Aitor Karanka down.
Against QPR, the Swiss u21 international made 101 touches, completed 91% of his 57 passes, made four interceptions, created four goals, made three tackles, won two aerial duels and made two dribbles. Janko’s unlikely to start at right-back due to Tendayi Darikwa, but he could continue at left-back in the coming weeks.
Forest’s defeat to Rangers in a big blow, however, with the Reds now three points adrift of the Championship playoffs. It’s now three games without a win for Forest so Wednesday’s meeting with Norwich City has extra importance.
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